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A year in the life of a law
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2013
Electrical and electronic goods have made their presence ubiquitous. Right from the morning toast to the laptop during the day and the television in the evening, their presence cuts across time, space and socio-economic strata. It is a testimony to the spread of electronic goods that the snake charmer in the stereotypical image of the Indian society has a mobile phone.
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War over waste
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2012
On October 1 this year, the garden city of India was chock-a-block with hoardings and newspaper advertisements announcing the Bengaluru civic body’s decision to make segregation of waste at source mandatory. For once, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the city’s administrators were singing the same tune.
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Punjab slips for sand mine, again
Issue Date: Jul 31, 2012
A HIGH court ban has done little to curb illegal sand mining in Punjab’s Ropar district. Worse, the district administration has now drafted a plan to take control of illegal mining sites and lease them out for legal mining, much to the dismay of residents. Situated on the banks of the Satluj, Ropar is the state’s most affected district by illegal mining.
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